diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
index 4dab1c0b53..22a0eb10a8 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ module Rails
   # root during the boot process.
   #
   class Plugin < Engine
+    def self.global_plugins
+      @global_plugins ||= []
+    end
+
     def self.inherited(base)
       raise "You cannot inherit from Rails::Plugin"
     end
@@ -28,6 +32,11 @@ module Rails
         Dir["#{path}/*"].each do |plugin_path|
           plugin = new(plugin_path)
           next unless list.include?(plugin.name) || list.include?(:all)
+          if global_plugins.include?(plugin.name)
+            warn "WARNING: plugin #{plugin.name} from #{path} was not loaded. Plugin with the same name has been already loaded."
+            next
+          end
+          global_plugins << plugin.name
           plugins << plugin
         end
       end
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
index 39189edaa3..980265d969 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 require "isolation/abstract_unit"
 require "railties/shared_tests"
+require 'stringio'
 
 module RailtiesTest
   class EngineTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+    # TODO: it's copied from generators/test_case, maybe make a module with such helpers?
+    def capture(stream)
+      begin
+        stream = stream.to_s
+        eval "$#{stream} = StringIO.new"
+        yield
+        result = eval("$#{stream}").string
+      ensure
+        eval("$#{stream} = #{stream.upcase}")
+      end
+
+      result
+    end
+
     include ActiveSupport::Testing::Isolation
     include SharedTests
 
@@ -126,5 +141,28 @@ module RailtiesTest
 
       assert Bukkits::Engine.config.yaffle_loaded
     end
+
+    test "engine does not load plugins that already exists in application" do
+      @plugin.write "lib/bukkits.rb", <<-RUBY
+        class Bukkits
+          class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      @plugin.write "vendor/plugins/yaffle/init.rb", <<-RUBY
+        config.engine_yaffle_loaded = true
+      RUBY
+
+      app_file "vendor/plugins/yaffle/init.rb", <<-RUBY
+        config.app_yaffle_loaded = true
+      RUBY
+
+      warnings = capture(:stderr) { boot_rails }
+
+      assert !warnings.empty?
+      assert !Bukkits::Engine.config.respond_to?(:engine_yaffle_loaded)
+      assert Rails.application.config.app_yaffle_loaded
+    end
   end
 end